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. 2021 Jun 24;12:3950. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24273-8

Fig. 4. Bovine milk-derived EVs increase metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells.

Fig. 4

a Schematic representation of intrasplenic injection of KPC pancreatic cancer cells and treatment timeline with milk-derived EVs. b Representative whole-body imaging of luciferase signal on day 7 and 10 following intrasplenic injection of luciferase-KPC cells and during daily treatment with RM and CM EVs (low dosage: 25 mg/kg; higher dosage: 50 mg/kg). c Number of visible metastases in control and milk-derived EVs fed mice (n = 3). d Pathological and luminescence-based examination of liver metastases and quantification of visible metastases on the surface of the tissue (n = 3). Black arrows point at KPC metastases visible at the surface of the organ. e Quantification of liver metastases normalized to liver surface area in H&E sections. Black arrows point at metastases in the liver tissue. All data are represented as mean ± s.e.m. Statistical significance was determined by unpaired two-tailed t-test.